Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Quaqua arenicola (N.E.Br.) Plowes subsp. arenicola
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
APOCYNACEAE
Synonyms
Caralluma arenicola N.E.Br., Quaqua armata (N.E.Br.) Bruyns subsp. arenicola (N.E.Br.) Bruyns
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2020/02/03
Assessor(s)
J.E. Victor
Justification
This species has a scattered and wide distribution around the southern and western edges of the Great Karoo. It has no known threats and is therefore assessed as Least Concern.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Threats
This species has no known threats.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Quaqua arenicola (N.E.Br.) Plowes subsp. arenicola Least Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Quaqua armata (N.E.Br.) Bruyns subsp. arenicola (N.E.Br.) BruynsRare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Caralluma arenicola N.E.Br.Extinct Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

Bruyns, P.V. 1999. The systematic position of Quaqua (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadpoideae) with a critical revision of the species. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 121(3):311-402.


Bruyns, P.V. 2005. Stapeliads of southern Africa and Madagascar. (Vol. 1, pp. 1-330). Umdaus Press, Pretoria.


Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.


Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.


Citation
Victor, J.E. 2020. Quaqua arenicola (N.E.Br.) Plowes subsp. arenicola. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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